<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19778]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53348]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work thou for pleasure--paint or sing or carve The thing thou lovest, though the body starve--  Who works for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work thou for pleasure--paint or sing or carve The thing thou lovest, though the body starve--  Who works for glory misses oft the goal;   Who works for money coins his very soul.    Work for the work's sake, then, and it may be     That these things shall be added unto thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hero is the world-man, in whose heart One passion stands for all, the most indulged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19216]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hero is the world-man, in whose heart One passion stands for all, the most indulged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The intellectual power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22888]]></link><description><![CDATA[The intellectual power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[sex is simple, love stings afterwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55259]]></link><description><![CDATA[sex is simple, love stings afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957  Above all, desire to please Christ; dread ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957  Above all, desire to please Christ; dread his disapproval above everything else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11449]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had rather than forty shillings I had my Book of Songs and Sonnets here. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55347]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had rather than forty shillings I had my Book of Songs and Sonnets here. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One real world is enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62221]]></link><description><![CDATA[One real world is enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of goods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of goods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OUR SUNDAY-SCHOOL TEACHERS  Often, though not always, they work in inadequate buildings, with limited budgets, with insufficient backing from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6541]]></link><description><![CDATA[OUR SUNDAY-SCHOOL TEACHERS  Often, though not always, they work in inadequate buildings, with limited budgets, with insufficient backing from church officers, with indifferent support from parents, and at times even under a minister who cares for none of these things. Usually the workers themselves have had insufficient training for the job they are asked to perform. And always they work in a secularized culture, in the midst of spiritual illiteracy, where the most commonplace terms in the Bible and the most elemental ideas concerning the Kingdom of God sound strange even to otherwise well-educated adults.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65102]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49125]]></link><description><![CDATA[An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The guilty think all talk is of themselves ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18456]]></link><description><![CDATA[The guilty think all talk is of themselves]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opportunity is there, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28279]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opportunity is there,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It hurts. No one wants to lose a game where you fought so hard, especially with a charging call at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35776]]></link><description><![CDATA[It hurts. No one wants to lose a game where you fought so hard, especially with a charging call at the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27326]]></link><description><![CDATA[We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of idolatry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June,  That to the sleeping woods all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4918]]></link><description><![CDATA[A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June,  That to the sleeping woods all night   Singeth a quiet tune.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technically, the recommendation is part of the governor's decision-making process and should remain with the governor until she makes her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Technically, the recommendation is part of the governor's decision-making process and should remain with the governor until she makes her formal announcement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I take it that what all men are really after is some form of, perhaps only some formula of, peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45979]]></link><description><![CDATA[I take it that what all men are really after is some form of, perhaps only some formula of, peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For rarely man escapes his destiny. [It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12060]]></link><description><![CDATA[For rarely man escapes his destiny. [It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63974]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64266]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The end of culture is right living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10830]]></link><description><![CDATA[The end of culture is right living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonviolence is the supreme law of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nonviolence is the supreme law of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have identified 30 service personnel ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â 29 men and one woman ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â who could use our services. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36426]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have identified 30 service personnel ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â 29 men and one woman ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â who could use our services.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything is Greek, when it is more shameful to be ignorant of Latin. [Lat., Omnia Graece!  Cum sit turpe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything is Greek, when it is more shameful to be ignorant of Latin. [Lat., Omnia Graece!  Cum sit turpe magis nostris nescire Latine.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61113]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indeed, unless a man can link his written thoughts with the everlasting wants of men, so that they shall draw ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Indeed, unless a man can link his written thoughts with the everlasting wants of men, so that they shall draw more from them as wells, there is no more immortality to the thoughts and feelings of the soul than to the muscles and bones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be better if we were able to get a deal, but it had to be the right deal. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34026]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be better if we were able to get a deal, but it had to be the right deal. It needs to be the right deal for Britain, and it needs to be the right deal for Europe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law and order is now a big issue, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Law and order is now a big issue,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's tough to get a feeling for a team this early in the year but I'm not going to complain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37359]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's tough to get a feeling for a team this early in the year but I'm not going to complain about being 2-0. We had never beaten Milton in Milton before so it was a good win for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vision looks inward and becomes duty.Vision looks outward and becomes aspiration.Vision looks upward and becomes faith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vision looks inward and becomes duty.Vision looks outward and becomes aspiration.Vision looks upward and becomes faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confidence in golf means being able to concentrate on the problem at hand with no outside interference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confidence in golf means being able to concentrate on the problem at hand with no outside interference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universe, they said, depended for its operation on the balance of four forces which they identified as charm, persuasion, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60177]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe, they said, depended for its operation on the balance of four forces which they identified as charm, persuasion, uncertainty and bloody-mindedness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Answer to the Great Question Of . . . Life, the Universe and Everything . . . [is] Forty-two. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24827]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Answer to the Great Question Of . . . Life, the Universe and Everything . . . [is] Forty-two.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5389]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it ca]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53196]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4526]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loneliness is about the scariest thing there is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loneliness is about the scariest thing there is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis rushing now adown the spout, And gushing out below,  Half frantic in its joyousness,   And wild ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61305]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis rushing now adown the spout, And gushing out below,  Half frantic in its joyousness,   And wild in eager flow.    The earth is dried and parched with heat,     And it hath long'd to be      Released from out the selfish cloud,       To cool the thirsty tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637   Suffer all, and conquer all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637   Suffer all, and conquer all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7306</guid></item></channel></rss>